(shogi, chess) check (move threatening the king, or announcement of this threat) / having the opponent within one's grasp

striking, knuckling, battery

to strike, to knuckle

Eastern Europe

Central Europe

(see kōsa reading above)

Kyūjitai form of 東欧 (“Eastern Europe”)

Synonym of 北ヨーロッパ (“Northern Europe”) / (loosely) Synonym of スカンジナビア (“Scandinavia”) / (loosely) the Nordics

Obsolete spelling of オーストリア (“Austria (a country)”)

(rare) a mandarin duck, Aix galericulata / (rare, figuratively) a pair of lovebirds, a loving couple